Batman Forever (1995)

This Batman movie was similar in quality to its predecessors. Val Kilmer played the part dry which works in his favor as Bruce, but his Batman is bland. The bat suit got some nice upgrades in this one as well. My issue with this movie is the villains were teetering too close to the Adam West-era villains rather than the Tim Burton. They were too Saturday morning cartoon, which doesn’t work in this more serious world. Robin is also obnoxiously whiny. I know it’s worse in the next movie but I just wanna say it now. This movie was ok but not as necessary of a watch as the first movie in this kinda quadrilogy.

Story - 15%

Characters - 14%

Pacing - 14%

Spectacle - 15%

Entertainment - 15%

Total score: 73%

Grade scale:

90%-100% = must watch

80%-89% = solid, but could be better

70%-79% = Not terrible, watch if the characters or story interests you

60%-69% = only watch for completionist reasons

0%-59% = just skip it, I find the positives and they don't exist here